When it comes to the arts, orchestral music seems to be falling flat, but locally the Palm Beach POPS is doing its part to keep the music alive by bringing it to the young, impressionable and under-privileged.

The "Music and You" program, over the course of four weeks, exposes children in under-served schools to each of the four sections of the orchestra.

The program, started by the late Maestro Bob Lappin in 1998, has served 90,000 children to date. It incorporates music with reading, writing, arithmetic and history, teaching kids everything from Bach to Beethoven, even the theme of "Harry Potter."

"We're trying to bring those rudiments of music back to the schools, into a kid's mind and in his hands," said Lappin. "Have him hold an instrument and teach them that there is culture that is important to the history of our country."

Bob's son Jon has stepped into his father’s shoes and is determined to keep education as the orchestra's first and foremost focus.

"What's great about the program is that there's no cost to taxpayers or the schools," Lappin said. "This is something that the POPS brings into the community as part of our mission."

A mission to bring music into the minds and hearts of potential mini-maestros in the making.